Olivia Ward

Where this writer stands

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Recent work

• Opinion | Putin hopes to scare off foreign journalists with Gershkovich’s arrestOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 23, 2023
• Opinion | Europe, not NATO, inspires UkrainiansOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 5, 2023
• Opinion | Vladimir Putin’s war against childrenOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 10, 2022
• Opinion | Vladimir Putin is using nuclear terror to alarm NATO countries, as his miscalculations threaten his power at homeOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 25, 2022
• Opinion | Will the monarchy survive after the Queen’s reign, or will it enter its own lengthy death spiral?Opinion · Toronto Star · Sep 10, 2022
• Opinion | From his bunker, Vladimir Putin lashes out at both Ukraine and Russia to feed his fevered Soviet fantasyOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 6, 2022
• Opinion | Change laws to protect health care workers from protestorsOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 12, 2021
• Opinion | A Star war correspondent recalls the miraculous survival of her captured helpers. Will Afghans left behind be so lucky?Opinion · Toronto Star · Aug 22, 2021
• Opinion | These dire pandemic times call for desperate measuresOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 5, 2021
• Only modern COVID-19 strategy can impact youth behaviourOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 3, 2020
• Genocide of Yazidis has garnered little international response | Toronto StarEditorial · Toronto Star · Aug 2, 2016
• ‘Fear becomes anger, and anger becomes hate’ | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 11, 2016
• The treasures of Turquoise MountainOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 13, 2007